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A report presented June 7 on the county’s criminal justice operations recommended big changes to the system faced with rising costs and shrinking budgets. Yakima County Commissioners established an independent review committee earlier this year to evaluate the efficiency of our law and justice operations, which account for over 80 percent of general fund spending...

Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita does not anticipate any problems in releasing the Yakima Bears from the team's contract that runs through 2015. The Bears are set to move to Hillsboro, Oregon, next year after officials approved an agreement June 5 to build a new stadium for Single-A baseball...

While Major League Baseball is underway, we are still a month and a half away from seeing the Yakima Bears take the field. The team is here for another season, but management has made no secret about its intention to get a new stadium...

The Yakima County Commissioners Tuesday approved a measure for the primary ballot August 7th. The measure calls for a tenth of a cent sales tax increase that would raise 2.8 million dollars a year. The money would pay for increased security measures at the county jail, cover current expenses and pay for 515 million dollars in annual bond repayment costs...

The Yakima County Commissioners are hoping voters support a proposed tenth of a cent sales tax increase to pay for security needs at the Yakima County jail. Commissioner Mike Leita says if approved the 2.8 million dollars a year would not only pay for security upgrades but would also pay expenses and 515 thousand dollars in annual bond payments over the next 10 years...

Yakima County Commissioner Kevin Bouchey wants another 4 year term. He's expected to formally announce his re election campaign later today. Bouchey, a lower valley farmer currently holds the district two seat he won in 2008. So far no one has filed against Bouchey for his county commission seat...

The Yakima County Commissioners want to keep the community safe and they want you to fund a new security system at the Yakima County jail. The commissioners on Tuesday decided to ask voters in the august primary to approve a one tenth of a cent sales tax increase, the tax would raise 2...

The Yakima County commissioners this week begin talking about ways to fund a more than 3 million dollar security system, junking the outdated system that apparently wasnt' built for today's hardened criminals.the commissioners have all options on the table as they meet this week at city hall...

The Yakima County Commissioners today begin searching for savings in criminal justice as the commissioners announce the recently formed law and justice panel review committee...the committee is going to be looking ways the county can save money in all areas of criminal justice...

The Yakima County Commissioners on Tuesday are expected to talk about a newly formed a committee tasked with finding solutions to the counties ever growing money monster called criminal justice...it's called the law and justice panel review committee...